Breaking New : Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds dies in a car accident
Former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds is no more. Symonds died in a car accident in Townsville on Saturday night. This sad news caused a wave of mourning in the cricket world.
Former Australia wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist has expressed his grief through a tweet over the death of 46-year-old Andrew Symonds. He said that it is very painful. Before Andrew Symonds, Australia's Rod Marsh and Shane Warne died earlier this year.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the car overturned on the road due to high speed. Simmonds was in the car The accident happened near the bridge over the Ellis River. Symonds was taken to the hospital by ambulance. Doctors in the hospital tried a lot to save him, but were not successful.
Symonds made his international debut for Australia in 1998. He was selected for the ODI series against Pakistan. Symonds played the first match of his international career on 10 November 1998. He made his Test debut in March 2004 against Sri Lanka. At the same time, Symonds played the first match of T20 International against New Zealand in February 2005.
Symonds played a total of 26 Tests, 198 ODIs and 14 T20 Internationals for Australia in his international career. He has 1462 runs in Tests at an average of 40.61, 5088 runs at an average of 39.44 in ODIs and 337 runs in T20s at an average of 48.14. Apart from this, Symonds also took 24 wickets in Tests, 133 wickets in ODIs and eight wickets in T20.
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